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VERBS OF LIKING AND DISLIKING

 Verbs of liking and disliking
Like Dislike
Love Hate
Enjoy Detest
Adore
Fancy
Word patterns
Fond of sth/sb/doing
Interested in sth/doing
Keen on sth/doing sth
Into sth/doing sth
Crazy about sth/ doing sth

PRACTICE
I. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.
1. There are many why it is important to have a hobby.
A. answers B. reasons C. details D. facts
2. Will you making models in the future?
A. pick up B. look for C. take up D. find
3. Do you think that hobby is and boring?
A. easy B. difficult C. danger D. interesting
4. I love my sister’s paintings because she is very in using colours.
A. careless B. care C. creative D. imagine
5. A hobby helps you to connect with people.
A. other B. others C. another D. the other
6. I join a photography club, and all the members love a lot of beautiful photos.
A. take B. taking C. make D. making
7. What does your father do his free time?
A. in B. at C. on D. while
8. I think a hobby will always give you and help you .
A. pleased - relax B. pleasure - relaxed C. pleased - relaxing D. pleasure - relax
9. You can share your stamps other collectors a stamp club.
A. with - at B. to - at C. with - in D. to - in
10. I think this hobby does not cost you much, and you need is time.
A. most B. all C. some D. all of
11. Nowadays people hours sitting in front of computers.
A. take B. last C. set D. spend
12. I think you should take up swimming it is suitable for your health condition.
A. so B. because C. although D. but

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13. My family enjoys because we can sell vegetables and flowers money.
A. garden - to B. gardening - for C. gardening - with D. garden - of
14. If your hobby is greeting card making, you can give your to your friends as presents.
A. hobby B. money C. greetings D. products
15. My sister’s hobby is sewing, and she can get the sewing patterns from the magazines.
A. fashion B. cooking C. sports D. science
16. My brother doesn’t like ice-skating because he thinks it is .
A. danger B. in danger C. dangerous D. endangered
17. My sister is very keen on swimming, and she goes swimming three a week.
A. time B. a time C. times D. timings
18. We often read the instructions carefully in order to make of the things we like best.
A. meanings B. models C. copies D. uses
19. You need to be to follow eggshell carving because it may take two weeks to complete one shell.
A. careful B. interested C. fit D. patient
20. If you choose sewing as your hobby, you will your own clothes.
A. do B. make C. take D. get
II. Match to make sentences
1. I’m not very fond D a. in playing for the school team
2. She’s interested A b. to find enough time to have any hobbies
3. You should concentrate G c. to try to find the golf balls we’d lost
4. I used to find it difficult B d. of playing in goal
5. Let’s listen F e. from finishing the game
6. We stopped c f. to what the coach thinks first
7. The bad weather stopped us g. on getting fit

III.Fill in each blank with a suitable hobby.

jogging photography gardening basketball gymnastics
cycling bird-watching chess dancing ice skating

1. ________________: a game played by two people on a square board, in which each player has 16 pieces thay
can be moved on the board in different ways.
2. ________________: the job or activity of working in a garden, growing and taking care of the plants, and
keeping it attractive.
3. ________________: a game played by two teams of five men or six women who score points by throwing a
large ball through an open net hanging from a metal ring.
4. ________________: the sport or activity of riding a bicycle.

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5. ________________: the art of moving your body to music.
6. ________________: moving across ice using special shoes with a thin metal bar fixed to the bottom that you
wear to move quickly on ice.
7. ________________: the activity of running at a slow regular speed, especially as a form of exercise.
8. ________________: the hobby of studying wild birds in their natural environment.
9. ________________: the hobby of studying wild birds in their natural environment, physical exercises and
activities performed inside, often using equipment such as bars and ropes which are
intended to increase the body’s strength and the ability to move and bend easily.
10. ________________: the activity or job of taking photographs or films.
IV. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word.
1. We playing table-tennis very interesting because we can meet and make friends with
interesting people.
2. My brother and I the same hobby.
3. I love outdoors in my garden to plant flowers and vegetables.
4. My father likes his bike in the park at the weekend.
5. Tom and Peter like water , and they go swimming, play water polo and surf together
a lot.
6. My hobby is collecting because I love reading whenever I have time.
7. Why don’t you jogging because it can help you keep fit?
8. I really enjoy going round the shops in my town to for rare and old teacups.
9. My parents have just bought a new of roller skates.
10. It is very to collect motorcycles because it costs you a lot of money to buy them
and get them repaired.
V. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to fill each blank in the following passage.
I have a very interesting and (1) hobby. I make short video clips with my digital camera. It was my
birthday present from my parents last year. Since then, I have (2) three short films. It’s great fun! I
started asking my friends and relatives to take (3) in the films. I have tried to write the story for my
video clips. When I have finished the script, 1 make copies for the “actors”. Each scene is small and they can
look at the words just (4) we start filming. We film at the weekend in my neighbourhood, (5) no one
has to travel far. When the video clip is finished, I invite all the “actors” and we watch the film at my house.
1. A. enjoy B. enjoyed C. enjoying D. enjoyable
2. A. done B. played C. made D. watched
3. A. part B. role C. scene D. film
4. A. before B. after C. only D. until
5. A. although B. because C. but D. so
IX. Read the passage carefully, and decide whether the sentences are True or False.
Our school has a model club. The members of the club try to make water
rockets. The students taking part in the club love discovering new things and
learning science subjects. A water rocket doesn’t cost you much. You can use the
things you have used such as empty bottles, old tyres of bicycles. The model has
two main parts: the base and the rocket. The pump in the base is made up of water
pipes and it can increase the pressure of water. The rocket made from empty

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bottles should have blades in its tail and a pointed head. These parts help the water go in the correct path as the
members have planned. When we use the pump to increase the pressure of water, the rocket will take off and fly
into the air. Our school club has just won the first prize on making water rockets.
1. The members of the model club have a love of science. _____________
2. You can use old things to make water rockets. _____________
3. It is expensive to make water rockets. _____________
4. The high pressure of water can make the models fly. _____________
5. We cannot control the water rockets at all. _____________
X. Read the passage, and then choose the correct answer.
Stamp collecting is an interesting hobby. You can learn many things, such as the geography of a country
from stamps. Postal stamps are a source of interesting facts and important dates about every country in the
world. It makes stamp collecting become very popular.
As you look at the pages of a stamp album, you can learn interesting details of foreign customs, arts,
literature, history and culture. Their colours can make you feel relaxed and happy.
Collecting stamps can become a business. If you are lucky in finding a special stamp, it will bring you some
money besides knowledge and pleasure.
1. Stamp collecting is an interesting hobby because .
A. you can learn many things such as the geography of a country from stamps
B. stamps give you interesting facts and important dates about a country
C. it is very important to collect stamps
D. A and B are correct
2. All of the following are true EXCEPT .
A. stamps can make you relaxed and happy
B. stamps can make you know more
C. stamp collecting can make you famous
D. you can earn money from your collection if you are lucky
3. According to the passage, it is true to say that .
A. stamp collecting helps you become rich and famous
B. stamp collecting is a very popular hobby
C. stamp collectors can earn a lot of money from stamp collecting
D. stamp collecting is a hobby that costs you a lot of money
4. The word “business” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to .
A. the activity of collecting stamps
B. the activity of selling stamps from other countries
C. the activity of buying stamps from other countries
D. the activity of buying or selling something
5. The main idea of the passage is .
A. the history of stamp collecting B. good things from stamp collecting
C. the ways of stamp collecting D. famous stamp collectors

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